Forest Hills vs West View

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Hills and West View: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Hills and West View are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West View has the higher population (6,582 vs 6,332 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $70,954 in West View). West View has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $182,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	West View
Population	6,332	6,582
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,802	$70,954
Median home value	$182,200	$209,800
Median gross rent	$970	$963
Housing units	3,469	2,972
Homeownership rate	73.7%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	West View
Population	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)	6,601 → 6,582 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)	$60,997 → $70,954 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)	$132,400 → $209,800 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)	$834 → $963 (+15.5%)

Forest Hills

Population

6,3776,332

Median household income

$71,709$86,802

Median home value

$130,100$182,200

Median gross rent

$932$970

West View

Population

6,6016,582

Median household income

$60,997$70,954

Median home value

$132,400$209,800

Median gross rent

$834$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	West View
Under 5	8.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.8%
75 and over	9.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	West View
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	87.1%
Black or African American	9.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	West View
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	West View
Drove alone	60.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	7.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	West View
1-unit, detached	73.5%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	West View
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1950	1950